The top seed and world no three Roger Federer won his 6th title of career at Halle. He beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny of Russia when he was a set down. He beat Youzhny by 6-7 6-3 6-4. This is Federer's 77th title tie him with John MaCnroe for third most title after Jimmy Connors and Ivan lendl. He played this match with a record of white wash against Youzhny. He was leading 14-0 against him. Now he is 15-0 against him.
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| Slice Serve Against Mikhail Youzhny |
Youzhny tried his best and gave everything that he had against Swiss maestro but all in vain. He could not break Swiss star in the whole match. In the first set Mikhail was more committed than every to down Federer for first time in his career. He saved multiple break points and countinued to hold his serve again and again. At last this set went into the tie break and Youzhny made no mistake to get mini break of serve to clinch the tie break by 7-5. This was only third set that Youzhny took away from Federer in his career. With winning first set the momentum was clearly in favour of Russian.
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| Topspin Backhand In the Final |
In the second set Federer focused more on his serve and tried to break Russian with more intensity. He produced 9 break points in the match but could convert only two of them which was the deciding factory. Now he got much deserved break in the second and served for the set successfully to level the match. Now Swiss master was more and more focused. He was holding his serve more comfortably. He saved all 2 break balls that he faced. He fired 11 aces and got 66 percent of first serves in and winning 80 percent of those points. In the deciding set Youzhny again tried his best but not this time. Federer broke him again to and served out the match in 2 hours and 3 minutes. This is Federer's first title of the season.
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